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    1. [TNBlount] RE: Confederate Pensions by County
    2. Denise Waterworth
    3. This is a neat addition. From what I understand, most people in Blount County tended to the Union side, but not all. The Blount Confederate Pension list is at http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pen205.htm Denise To the List: I'm pleased to announce that the Tenn. State Library & Archives has added a "county index" to the Tenn. Confederate Pensions web page. This means that you can identify all of the pensioners from one county. We hope this will encourage local historians to work with a group of pension files to see how the Civil War affected the whole neighborhood, not just individuals. It can also help genealogists looking for clues, because even if one's ancestor didn't apply for a pension, he may have been a supporting witness for his neighbor's application. You can find this index at the bottom of the introductory page. The url is: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pension.htm You are welcome to link to this data or post it on your county web site. However, we do ask that you give clear credit to the Tennessee State Library and Archives as the original compiler of the data, as well as the location of the pension files. Thanks. Chuck Sherrill

    03/03/2000 10:49:21